HR 473 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

HALE Scouts Act

Introduced Jan 26, 2011 Originated House Became Public Law 112-103 Sponsor Dan Boren D-OK

Latest action · Apr 2, 2012 Became Public Law No: 112-103.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 26, 2011
Passed HouseOct 3, 2011
Passed SenateMar 15, 2012
To the PresidentMar 22, 2012
Became lawApr 2, 2012Public Law 112-103

Summary

Version

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 23, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Help to Access Land for the Education of Scouts or HALE Scouts Act - Requires the conveyance of specified National Forest System land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America. Excludes from such conveyance any land within the Indian Nations National Scenic and Wildlife Area designated under the Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area Act.
Requires the Council to pay to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) the fair market value of the land, as determined by an appraisal approved by the Secretary and done to conform with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and the provisions relating to exchanges of public lands and interests within the National Forest System under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

States that access to the conveyed land shall be from the adjacent land of the Council or its successor. Bars the Secretary from being required to provide additional access to such land.

Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe such terms and conditions on the conveyance as the Secretary considers in the public interest, including the reservation of access rights to the conveyed land for administrative purposes.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Jan 26, 2011Markup Jul 20, 2011Reported Sep 23, 2011
	Federal Lands Subcommittee	Referred Feb 4, 2011Hearings Jun 14, 2011Discharged Jul 20, 2011
Senate	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee	Referred Oct 4, 2011Discharged Mar 15, 2012

Actions 22

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 2, 2012Signed by President.
Apr 2, 2012Became Public Law No: 112-103.
Mar 22, 2012Presented to President.
Mar 15, 2012Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1760)
Mar 15, 2012Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1760)

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In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S1760	Harry Reid D-NV	Mar 15, 2012
House	Debate and remarks H6475, H6476Text printed H6475	Dan Boren D-OK, Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP, Rob Bishop R-UT, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX	Oct 3, 2011

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

H. Rept. 112-218

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Aug 1, 2011H.R. 473, HALE Scouts ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 20, 2011

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause II, Section III, Article IV of the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H511.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 112-40	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 1904, ``SOUTHEAST ARIZONA LAND EXCHANGE AND CONSERVATION ACT OF 2011''; H.R. 869, ``TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF FLOOD CONTROL OPERATIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PROJECT NO. 2179 ON THE LOWER MERCED RIVER''; H.R. 1258, ``BOX ELDER UTAH LAND CONVEYANCE ACT''; H.R. 1545, ``WACO MAMMOTH NATIONAL MONUMENT ESTABLISHMENT ACT OF 2011''; H.R. 473, ``HELP TO ACCESS LAND FOR THE EDUCATION OF SCOUTS OR HALE SCOUTS ACT''; AND H.R. 1740, ``TO AMEND THE WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF ILLABOT CREEK IN SKAGIT COUNTY, WASHINGTON, AS A COMPONENT OF THE NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM.''112 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Jun 14, 2011

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R42933	Regular Appropriations Bills: Terms of Initial Consideration and Amendment in the House, FY1996-FY2015 Archived	Report	Mar 6, 2015

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 610	HALE Scouts Act	Identical bill	Mar 17, 2011

Titles 11

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres of land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Help to Access Land for the Education of Scouts; HALE Scouts Act
Short Titles as Reported to House: Help to Access Land for the Education of Scouts; HALE Scouts Act
Short Titles as Passed House: HALE Scouts Act; Help to Access Land for the Education of Scouts
Short Titles as Passed Senate: Help to Access Land for the Education of Scouts; HALE Scouts Act
Short Titles as Enacted: HALE Scouts Act; Help to Access Land for the Education of Scouts

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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